Recently, I attended a bead show here in Monroeville, PA! I found these really great flowery spacer beads and had to have them! They are pewter so they were very reasonably priced!
I really like them a lot, but wanted to use them when making earrings, too.
I really liked them, but wanted to use them when making earrings or dangles. But being flat spacers, they just don't look right.
That's when I had my little revelation! I'll try and dome them! If I try one and it breaks, no biggie! But if they do work, YAY, bead caps!
So I got my block out,
Inserted the spacer in one of the domed crevices that pretty well matched the size of the spacer,
And proceeded to use my rawhide mallet to beat the little things into submission!
Voila! A beautiful little bead cap made from some funky spacers that I love! AND, the bonus is that they can fit a variety of bead sizes! The pink quartz is a 10mm bead, while ...
the lampwork bead I made is 16mm! One thing to keep in mind. …
I really like them a lot, but wanted to use them when making earrings, too.
I really liked them, but wanted to use them when making earrings or dangles. But being flat spacers, they just don't look right.
That's when I had my little revelation! I'll try and dome them! If I try one and it breaks, no biggie! But if they do work, YAY, bead caps!
So I got my block out,
Inserted the spacer in one of the domed crevices that pretty well matched the size of the spacer,
And proceeded to use my rawhide mallet to beat the little things into submission!
Voila! A beautiful little bead cap made from some funky spacers that I love! AND, the bonus is that they can fit a variety of bead sizes! The pink quartz is a 10mm bead, while ...
the lampwork bead I made is 16mm! One thing to keep in mind. …